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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Pecha Kucha & Ignite Presentation

For my presentation, I created a Slideshow which I could use with my students. I plan to have students write a persuasive essay this year on choosing a pet. I chose dogs and made an accompanying slide show. The slides which have statistics, I placed the web address at the bottom for reference. I want the kids to do this also.

The embedding was easier for this show, because of my experience with the last embedding. I found uploading into SlideShare much faster.

I'm learning so many resources,

Chris

Dogs Power Point Sept 2009 chris ware

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Photostory

For my project, I used Photostory to create a story about my recent trip with my family.
I always have my students write about thier families, or things they do with thier families. I also use a prompt about a memorable moment. I think this would tie in well. My students can create a Photostory which hits on the main ideas from the essay they create.

My obstacle will be having students use digital pictures from home.
I've sent home a letter to parents asking if they can send in digital pictures later in the year. I hope that with email, disks, or jumpdrives, they can make it in. I imagine I'm going to have to loan out a camera as well.

I found Photostory to be rather user friendly. This is the first time I've used it. The music portion worried me, but it was easy to use. I used a song thet is put out by the resort, so I thought it worked well. The narration was simple. I would like to be able to record a portion that spans two slides instead of slide by slide. Maybe the purchased version allows this.

I'm also thinking about having my students do a project using our classroom rules and expectations. The narrative aspect of this program would allow them to add their ideas.

Neat program!